Car-coupling



D. BREWER. GAR GOUPLING.

110.482,615. PatentedSept. 13, 1892.

Urnrnn STATES PATENT rncn.

DAVID BREWER, OF EMPORIA, KANSAS.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 482,615, datedSeptember 13, 1892.

Application filed April 16, 1892.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID BREWER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Emporia, in the county of Lyon and State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Couplers; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has relation to improvements in car-couplers; and itconsists in the peculiar construction, certain novel combinations, andthe adaptation of parts hereinafter described, and particularly pointedout in the claim appended.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of aportion of a car embodying myimprovements. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalhorizontal section of the draw-head, and Fig. 3 is a perspective View ofthe pinsupport removed from the draw-head.

In the said drawings similar letters designate corresponding partsthroughout the several views, referring to which- A indicates adraw-head, which may be of the ordinary or any approved construction andmay be connected to the car in any suitable manner.

B indicates my improved pin-support, which is designed to normally restbetween the aligned vertically-disposed pin-apertures a in the top andbottom walls of the draw-head, so as to support the pin C, presently tobe described. This pin-support B comprises the vertically-disposed bodyb and the lateral horizontal branch c at the upper edge of the body b,which branch c serves as the pin-sup porting platform. The support B isprovided upon its forward end with two eyes d, as shown, to receive avertical pin e, which takes through the upper and lower walls of thedraw-head adjacent to one of the corners thereof and serves to pivotallyconnect the support thereto.

Connected at one end to the inside of the support B, adjacent to theconnected end thereof, is a flat spring D, which is curved away from thesupport and is designed and adapted to normally hold said supportbetween the pin-apertures a of the draw-head,

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so as to support the pin and allow a free entrance of the coupling-linkE into the drawhead.

By the provision of a pin-support such as described it will be readilyperceived that the objectionable necessity of an attendant going betweenthe cars is obviated, inasmuch. as when the pin is raised from the sideof the car through the medium of devices presently described the supportB will automatically take beneath and support the same until the linkenters the draw-head, when the free end of said support will be pressedtoward the side of the draw-head and the pin will be allowed to dropthrough the link.

By the manner disclosed of connecting the support B to a draw-head itwill be seen that the support may be connected to the drawhead withoutaltering or in any manner Weakening the same, and it will be furtherperceived that the support may be readily removed and replaced whendesired.

Formed in Vthe front side of an upright F, rising from the draw-head Ain rear of the pin-apertures a, is a groove or Way f, which is of acurvilinear form in cross-section for a portion of its length to conformto the head g of the pin C, and is reduced to afford the shoulders h,adapted to limit the upward movement of said pin and prevent the samefrom being drawn entirely from the draw-head.

Connected to the upper end of the pin C and taking over avertically-disposed sheave Gr in the upper end of the upright F is arope or cable I-I, which also takes over a verticallydisposed sheave Iand around a horizontallydisposed sheave J, mounted in a support K,which in turn is mounted upon the draw-head. After taking around thesheave J, the cable I'I takes through laterally-disposed eyes L upon thefront of the car, whereby it will be seen that the pin may be readilyraised without the necessity of the attendant going between the cars. Bythis means of raising the pin C it will be further perceived that thesaid pin will fall freely when the support B is moved from under thesame.

Although I have specifically described the construction and relativearrangement of the several elements of my improved car-coupler, yet I donot desire to be confined to the same,

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as such changes or modifications may be made as fairly fall Within theScope of my invention.

'Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

In a car-coupler, substantially as described, the combination, with adraw-head and a pin taking through the draw-head and having a headadjacent t-o its upper end, of the upright rising from the draw-head andhaving a Way or groove in its forward side reduced in Width at anintermediate point in its length, a vertical sheave carried by saidupright, a vertical sheave carried by a support rising from thedraw-head, a horizontal sheave also DAVID BREWER. Vitnesses:

J. O. WORKMAN, W. O. FERGUSON.

